Normal within a couple, arguments become inevitable during confinement. A phenomenon that worries Sofia, who now regularly takes the beak with her husband. In "Without appointment" on Europe 1, the sexologist and psychoanalyst Catherine Blanc explains that they do not question the foundation of the couple, but translate a personal unhappiness.

Many French people have experienced it: confinement is a source of tension within a couple. Enclosed in a tight space, life can quickly become difficult, making disputes inevitable. In "Sans Rendez-vous" on Europe 1 this Wednesday, sexologist and psychoanalyst Catherine Blanc responds to Sofia, who is worried about this phenomenon within her couple, and analyzes the reasons for the intimate spat in this very particular period .

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Sofia's question

"With my husband we never argue, but there we go on a row. The problem is that we find it hard not to do it in front of the children. My 10-year-old son even cried last Friday saying that we were going to divorce, what to do? "

Catherine Blanc's response

"Disputes do not mean that the couple is questioned. Simply understand that confinement is a period imposed by others than yourself, outside the intimate sphere. So you end up with stakes, rhythms, but also functions which can be different: one can work more, while the other is in charge of the rest. This can cause a questioning of his own competence, since professionally he or she is not active.

A couple is based on a distribution of roles and territories, but everything was overturned with this confinement, and not by choice. So much so that sir or madam feels questioned in his competence, or exaggeratedly solicited, which creates tensions by personal unhappiness, and not by doubt compared to the other. We always rely on anecdotal things, but that reveals more profound ones. Not about the other, but about yourself. It is his own discomfort that emerges on anything and everything. Everyone tells of their own discomfort.

All this leads to an explosive situation, and to arguments, even in the presence of children. And it is logical, to keep them apart requires a lot of hindsight, when there we are in something that is epidermal.

You have to reassure them, say that there is nothing serious, that they are not going to divorce, and that they are just a little nervous, as it can also happen to him.